stalag

Wartime detention facility

A stalag was a German prisoner-of-war camp for enlisted military personnel during World War II.

The word is a German abbreviation for Stammlager, meaning main camp.

Stalags held millions of Allied prisoners under conditions ranging from harsh to brutal: His grandfather spent two years in a stalag after being captured at Dunkirk.

captivity

prisoner

Confined criminal detainee

POWCaptured military personnel
captiveOne held by force
interneePerson held in custody

detainee · barbed wire · escape · tunnel · guard tower · roll call · Red Cross · Geneva Convention · liberation · repatriation

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Luftwaffe

German military aviation

WehrmachtNazi Germany's armed forces
Third ReichHitler's totalitarian German state
AxisWartime fascist alliance

Allies · Nazi · Gestapo · occupation · resistance · liberation · Geneva Convention · Red Cross · Hogan's Heroes

camp

barracks

Soldiers' residential building

bunkhouseCommunal sleeping building
guardhouseSentry post structure
latrineBasic outdoor toilet

mess hall · infirmary · canteen · quarters · compound · perimeter · watchtower · gate · fence · hut

escape

tunnel

Enclosed underground route

wireThin metallic conductor
forgerOne who fakes documents
papersOfficial written records

compass · home run · cooler · ferret · goon · stooges · dispersal · vaulting horse · moonless · digger

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